Weber County Canning Industry Chronology
This page was last updated on September 9, 2022.
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Compiled By William W. Terry (1983)
Chronology
1886-1887 -- McKinney-Lundy
1888-1902 -- Ogden Canning Co. (McKinney)
1888-1972 -- Colorado-Utah Canning - later Utah Canning (Lundy)
1897-1934 -- Salt Lake Canning (W. W. Craig)
1897- (?) -- Cannery on Hooper slough; destroyed by fire date not recorded
1898-1917 -- Nephi Hardy in Roy (became part of W. W. Craig in 1917)
1900-1970 -- North Ogden Canning
1900-1902 -- Adams Nursery and Tin Can Manufacturers, reorganized in 1902
1903-1914 -- Wasatch Gardens and Orchard Canning Co., sold to Jake Parker 1914-1917, sold to Utah Packing Corporation (Subsidiary of California Pack) 1918
(?)-(?) -- Third Cannery in Hooper, owned by W. J. "Jake" Parker and others
1902-1910 -- Riverdale Canning Co. (sold to Jake Parker)
(?)-(?) -- Star Canning Co. at Roy (sold to Jake Parker)
1906- (?) -- First Cannery in Plain City - before 1906 unnamed, burned
1912- (?) -- West Weber Canning Co., built by Jake Parker
1904-1918 -- Banner Canning Co., became Van Alen Canning in 1918-1938
1905- (?) -- Oscar Field, Oscar Jones joined the business in 1906
1907-1933 -- Oscar Jones (on his own), again 1940-1951
1912-1923 -- Wright-Wittier
1908- (?) -- Plain City Canning Co., previously Chief Canning built by the North Ogden Canning Co.
1906-1906 -- C. A. Craig (one year)
1906-1913 -- Uintah Canning Co.
1910-1912 -- McGriff Canning (North Ogden), became Ben Lomond Orchard Co. in 1912
1911-1913 -- Ogden Canning Co.
(?)-(?) -- Weber Canning Co.
1912-1913 -- National Packing Corp., sold to George W. Goddard Pickle Factory 1912-1920, name changed to Goddard Packing 1918, became the Pacific Coast Canners in 1927-1932
1912-1945 -- Ben Lomond Orchard Co., purchased McGriff Canning in North Ogden
1914-1917 -- Jake Parker purchased Wasatch Gardens and Orchard Canning Co., sold to Utah Packing Corporation (Subsidiary of California Pack) 1918
1916-1919 -- Everfresh Food Company
1918-1968 -- Utah Packing Corporation (Subsidiary of California Pack) purchased from Jake Parker 1918
1918 -- Goddard Packing, former National Packing Corp., to Pacific Coast Canners in 1927
1919-1931 -- Utah Fish Canning Co.
1922-1929 -- Roy Packing Co.
1926-1928 -- Superior Canning
1927-1961 -- Royal Canning Corp.
1927-1932 -- Pacific Coast Canners, former National Packing Corp., and Goddard companies
1930-1939 -- Scowcrofts
1931-1942 -- Varney Canning
1937-1942 -- Henry D. Olson & Sons Canning
1941-1942 -- Associated Canners
1938-1952 -- Atory Food Products
1941-1943 -- Robins Canning
1941-1971 -- Blackinton Canning
1940-1946 -- Ogden Ice Cannery
1946-1967 -- South Ogden Products
1943- (?) -- Stevens Canning Company
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